Street Justice (1991–1993): Season 1, Episode 4 - Kid Stuff - full transcript

are you sure

your son's gonna like this color blue is

always joey's favorite color

yeah well there's blue then there's blue

hey you missed a spot right there

oh good i'm just checking to make sure

that you

paying attention you know i didn't even

know that you had a son

not until you asked me to paint his room

of course



where is he anyway a camper swim not

exactly

i wanted to talk to you about that i

need a favor

does it involve driving you to the

airport

no me giving you martial arts lessons

grady this is serious

what is it i know i haven't known you

long

but i trust you i really hope you can

help me

what if i can yeah with what

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i need to connect my son

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okay all right

i must have left you five messages six

by the time i got in

oh well did you think to call me back i

mean she has a serious problem

so you said this girl gave her kid up

for adoption yeah

and the parents are roughing him up you

got to do something i can slow down huh

it's early

anyway just tell her to get an

investigation going child services

department handles it

come on b she tried nothing happens and

and the parents had her barred from

seeing the kid at all

the adoptive parents yes

you you're not buying any of this are

you

there are women who say anything to get

the kids back from adoption grady

fine but what if this one's on the level

either way what she's planning is a

crime uh don't be a cop huh

occupational hazard

what's the woman's name jennifer

kramer what is this miss kramer's

address

well you're not going to arrest her

she's planning a crime i have prior

knowledge

this is beautiful i came to you for help

okay okay i'll see what i can do but i

got this badge

that says i have to stop her

this isn't working out the way i planned

few things do man

grady never mentioned his best friend

was a cop i don't brag about him either

what you're planning is illegal what the

turners are doing to my son is illegal

but i can't stop them

did you ever see them abused joey

neglected no

but he's told you that it's happening

well no

then what exactly are you basing your

allegations on the turners and i had an

open

adoption where i would go see joey on

holidays

when he was about four i don't know how

to say it but

he lost his smile that's a little vague

you sound like the social worker i sent

out there last year

the turners are hurting my boy i don't

know how i know it but i do

it's a feeling i'm sorry but i can't

arrest the turner's based on your

feelings

fine i'll kidnap him

and you'll go straight to jail how are

you going to help your son then

you're almost saying i'm right i'm

saying you could be but you can't do a

thing for him from jail

okay i'll behave

in the meanwhile what will you do

without some tangible proof that joey's

being abused there's not a lot i can do

is that it

oh you've done so much already

i didn't arrest the girl hey

thanks for giving her a break i just

thought you could do more

brady she's got no legal rights to the

kid and she's got no evidence how am i

supposed to do more

fine i'll just lower my expectations of

what a police officer can do then this

all makes sense

why don't you go get the kegs from out

back

how about a beer

i'm on a job

grady doesn't understand the system why

should he

i mean why should anyone

my dad told me after a certain point you

refused to take

child abuse cases

refused is a strong word doesn't sound

like you these cases they're impossible

to prove

everyone but the kid has their civil

rights

if i'm wrong i've ruined a perfectly

innocent family

so you're doing the right thing waiting

for something concrete

no doubt about it if the boy finds

himself in trouble you're on the alert

that's the idea

i think i'll take a drive nice stay for

a drive

mm-hmm have fun

i will you do have the turner's address

uh-huh

business and home

later alligator

good afternoon i'm detective adam pedro

are you ready to turner

is my family okay nothing like that

i'm from metro police man come in

my husband doesn't like it if i let

people in when he's not home

maybe you can answer a few questions

right here about what

about your son joey his welfare the

nature of your relationship with

him are you asking me if joey is abused

yes i am and jennifer sent you here is

that right

miss kramer has raised some questions

about your son's well-being about

i'm not gonna do this again that girl is

sorry she gave up joey

and now we have to deal with strangers

invading us and scaring joey with your

questions

it's not fair it's just not fair

your paper you may not believe this

but i hope she's wrong

give it back

i had child services out here for joey

last fall joey turner second grade

yes last october joey showed up to

school with a bruise on his face

he told me he fell i didn't buy it the

social worker did

the social worker closed the case you've

been through this before

a couple of times after all parents were

cooperative

joy himself said he fell

why didn't you buy joey's father dave

turner

he's a very hands-on guy

define hands-on oh he takes over the mic

at the pta

doesn't sound like much does it he

coaches all of joey's teams

and the kids are scared of them well

they win

but they're scared and joey looks the

most scared

okay but have you seen turner hit joey

i've never actually seen it

but you think he's being abusive

come on help me out here well i have

this test

i go near the kids and i raise my hand

like this to smooth my hair

and the abused kids jump

they're used to getting hit joey turner

jumps

i can't prove a thing here the mother's

milk toes so she's no help

makes me wonder at night who protects

the child

i have an idea who's going to yeah god

bless

and good luck you gotta need it

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how soon can i get joy back today hold

on

i said i suspect he's being abused i

didn't say i could get him back for you

but

wait a minute what about what the

teacher said she's got a homemade test i

can't make an arrest based on that

so i'm back where i started not exactly

i'm on this case now

look i put out word to my contacts at

agencies hospitals told them to alert me

if anything comes in on joey oh great

great so basically we're waiting for

joey to get hurt

i want to have a word with you

any idea why these damn cases are so

hard to prove i got a feeling i'm gonna

find out though

because there's no cooperation between

doctors and teachers

and police that's pretty stupid you told

me all about it

i've made myself the personal

clearinghouse for joey turner anybody

sees the kid in trouble the call comes

to me

i gotta tell you b that's not much it's

the best i got

do us both a favor make it easy on jen

act like we got a chance of saving this

kid

doing do we

if nobody loses their head and if

somebody does

i had this case once after weeks i

finally catch this guy beating on his

kid

i go nuts i break his face in three

places

while i'm being arraigned in court daddy

dearest kills the boy

hey wait

when i said in the bar the other day i

uh

i didn't mean just remember there were

reasons

okay

i'm due at the precinct later

you two okay yeah

yeah it won't be for long though why not

because i can't play things his way with

joey

look he needs help now not when it's

legal to do something

what are you getting at we need proof

turner hits joey right

that's simple we get proof we get joey

to say it

let me lock up

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outside anywhere just not here i happen

to live here so do i

i hate your cigars you two take your

argument away from right here

please don't fudro what do you think of

my cigar it stinks

yeah he just doesn't like it besides

which your cigar sticks

well get used to it because i'm not

quitting

hey you know you could have tried the

health angle like it's bad for his lungs

i don't think a female cop should ever

discuss lungs in a precinct house

say no more sergeant adam boudreau

the most popular man in the precinct

since when

picking up my messages and i see all

these calls for detective boudreau

from children's services agencies

hospitals

file clerks do i detect anger anger

no truth no i'm not angry it's just that

you asked me not to give

you any kid abuse cases so i slide them

off to the other guys

and this looks like you're pursuing a

kid case which makes me feel kind of

naive stupid duped any of the above

dude this one knocked on my door charlie

you're not gonna make it personal are

you

i won't be breaking any daddy's face if

that's what you mean

that's what i meant

okay come on you guys come on let's work

harder come on let's go we're cunning

okay let's start it again try it again

let's go come on no no no no no what did

i say

pick and roll if you don't roll what

good are you

huh how's your guy gonna dump it off to

you

huh okay let's start again let's go

get it get it over here

i'm not even sure he'll remember me he

will

why are you helping me because you need

help

a lot of people have let me down why are

you coming through

just

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okay down you blew it

i didn't mean it did you hear me tell

david how to roll

sorry dad

you guys want to win or lose

i mean i know you're winners but you

have to believe it

all right that's it for today come help

me with the equipment i'll be at the

water fountain

keep turning busy okay no problem

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okay guys get in the van come on no foot

dragging let's go

want to ask you a couple questions about

that offense you remember sure but i'm

late for work

ah look i'll just take a minute come on

what do you want to know

hi joey do you remember me i'm not

allowed to talk to you

just tell me are you okay yeah

you seem sad

what do you mean i'm hard on them that's

how you get winners

in the nba yeah but these guys are what

seven

eight years old did you ever play sports

i'm on the martial arts

well when you learn to play a real sport

like basketball or hockey

then you can come and talk to me about

training

hey i have competed in

turtle racing does that qualify as a

real sport

irregular comment

does your daddy hurt you he disciplines

me

does your mommy try and help you mommy

does her best

go on

joseph get the let out get out of the

office by noon

coming dad

we didn't say anything you can use

they've got it brainwashed

it's okay come on that's okay

come on come on let's go

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come on

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that's right yeah night of day just call

me if anything comes in on the kid

hey boudreau there's another car fuel

line too okay i gotta go

yeah bye pajaro here

what when

i gotta make another call first i'll be

right over thanks

hey you can't do that i just did

hello hi it's pedro got a call from

metro emergency reader turner just

brought in joey

is he okay he's got a sprained wrist she

said it happened at ball practice

i'm going over to metro emergency right

now i'm gonna sort things out

okay i'll meet you there okay it's

turner

he's done it again hasn't he joey's at

metro

drive your car i'm going to turn this

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where's the fire the kid's over at an er

he can't take him without a medical

opinion i'm gonna get one and watch

coercion if the parents think you and

the doctor in cahoots you lose the whole

case

i know how to do this charlie so why

don't you let me

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hi i kind of wanted to

finish our conversation coach

i'd like you off my property i'd like

you

to keep your hands off joey

you're way out of line

go pick up one of those guys dave you're

too big you might lose that

come on man just say you won't hurt joey

anymore we call it a tie

i've got some nerve punk

touch him again i come back and finish

this

good night

get on my way guys this is the only way

out

that is another let's go

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uh

you'll be sorry you touch joey again

and you'll be does that feel any better

joey thank you for all your help

i've got some insurance forms to fill

out joey now you sit here for a moment

okay

and i'll be right outside the door okay

why do you need all this information he

only has a screen dr davis

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okay

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please don't drink something

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appreciate it doc which way yeah he's in

here

joey joey what have you done with my son

i just got it myself

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where's joey

you wanted to see me mr turner was just

telling me that he wants your badge

come again you helped that girl kidnap

my son

he helped i told her joey was at the

hospital i have no control over what she

does with the information

tell that to the judge or are police

allowed to break the law

not even if we'd like to sergeant

mr turner you can bring any charges you

want at the desk

i'll keep you apprised of our efforts to

find your son call detective trainer

there's any questions that you might

have

what about the guy who assaulted me he's

been arrested sir

you care to tell me what grady was doing

at turner's bad judgment well that's

hardly a news flash

okay he went after turner for personal

reasons

he knows turner someone like him

uh-huh i think that's a little more

personal than i care to know about

you just keep them out of police matters

done

i can help train her on the kidnap

you've helped enough

foreign you gonna get me out of here

i have to go to my atm they only accept

cash upstairs

i would think that you'd be good for it

oh before you pulled your little stunt

maybe but now definitely not

hey somebody had to stop turner not the

way you did

what did i tell you about making this

personal i didn't make

anything personal

you really don't see it what what are

you talking about

there was this little orphanage just

outside the name

you were about nine years old does that

ring a bell yeah

i was there what does that got to do

with anything

the guy that ran the place used to knock

you around called it discipline

remember telling me about that one night

at malloy's

that yeah that was nothing the guy was

nuts

all right i took off as soon as i could

right

because no one came to save you

i'm trying to do for joey what nobody

was able to do for me

i'll batter things now

just tell me you didn't know jan was

taking him from the hospital

no way b

i swear

stay cool i'll have you out of here by

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are you malloy yeah

jennifer

you're in trouble

i didn't know what else to do

you want me to call boudreau

yeah no i don't know i don't know

you want what's best for your son right

you gotta bring him back and then get

custody

i mean the doctor's on your side so is

boudreaux

what's to say turner won't hurt joey

again

i don't know let me call adam

you tell him to make sure that it's safe

for joey okay

okay don't leave i'll call you to

arrange things no wait okay jennifer

wait

come on it's not that tough a question

did you tell our guys not to use force

if they find jen

well i'd really like to answer that but

uh it's not your case enjoy it while you

can trainer enjoy it

all right trainer in the cockpit

huh it's malloy on two

the girl said she was willing to give

the kid back to the turner's till she

gets custody but she has to make sure

her kid's safe with him

i don't know turner'd have to admit to

wrongdoing and we'd have to charge him

with abuse

fine turner gets counseling jen works on

customs no no there's only one

problem we don't make deals with

kidnappers now you know that this is not

about ransom charlie she's trying to do

the right thing why don't you just

maybe work with her huh

if i let you propose this to turner at

all i'd have to go with you

i got your favorite sandwich cut these

crusts off

there

drink your orange juice you need your

vitamin c

the police are gonna talk to your daddy

joey

no one's gonna hurt you again

what is it joey are you scared to go

back

the police are gonna make your daddy

promise

it doesn't matter what daddy says

tell pedro to forget it jennifer why

i'm gonna handle this my way where are

you what do you mean

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was it jennifer

yeah deal's off

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rita

where's joey

i'm gonna get custody

till i can he has to stay with you and i

need to know that you will take care of

him that you'll protect him

custody

i don't see any other way

i want what's best for joey

you may have to get dave to move out of

the house

if that's what it takes

i will you have to be firm

i need your word you have

my word okay

i'll go get joey

i'd like to say that this is acceptable

to me but it isn't

well which parts are

bartering for my son admitting that

we're

dangerous people when we're not at all

our joey sprang his wrist you said he

was here to observe

yeah sergeant why don't you wait in the

car

right i'll wait in the car you just tell

me how joey sprained his wrist stock off

here

you didn't like ball practice i've never

hurt my son what about the bruise does

that just happen

he fell like you're gonna fall i don't

buy it i've always protected my boy

protected him from who

damn it's the wife

come on sweetheart

go on it's okay

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come on joey

everything's gonna be just fine

just fine

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he let it go on

you were hurt as a boy weren't you

i made it here okay and joey's gonna be

okay

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we need your help turner look she's not

a bad woman

i mean i'm this loudmouth guy who has to

run every show

but she's really gentle she seemed that

way when i met her

lieutenant you mind if i talk with mr

turner alone

not at all

did your wife tell you that i came to

see her

no

look she does her best it's just that

when joey misbehaves she thinks it makes

her look like a bad mom

and then she takes him someplace special

to try to make it up to him someplace

they can be alone to

talk don't ask me to tell

your son's in danger they'll come back

it'll be fine why

because it's been that way so far these

things don't stop on their own

you don't understand

rita doesn't mean to hurt him you listen

to me

i've been to the morgue i've seen the

kids bodies

none of their parents meant to kill him

she takes joey out to the waterfalls on

route 48.

so you have to circle

you know what when you grow up you could

be a ranger in this park and then you

could see the falls every day

don't want so fast joey you trippin hurt

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yourself

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what

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what did i just tell you about walking

too fast what if you'd hurt yourself

what would people think

joseph no leave me alone

come back here joseph right now

between now joseph come back here

i said right now this way

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joey

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joey don't don't go any further joey

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joey

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ten feet to the right i'm awesome

i'm coming in no i need your mind all

right i'll be there

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i got you

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you okay yeah how about him

you sure you're okay joey

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yeah he'll be fine then you owe me one

mr policeman yeah

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sure you can tell us anything you want

joey that's what jen said

what do you want to tell us dude i

wanted to thank you guys for saving me

you saved yourself i did that's right

you told rita no more hitting then you

ran away

it's got to be hard to do with a

grown-up right real hard

but you did it we're just glad we were

there when you did

me too you three are gonna miss that

movie

wait we're ready come on joey yeah let's

go

bye adam okay we'll be here anytime okay

have fun maybe we'll bring you back some

popcorn fine

salt no butter what i thought we had

dinner tonight

i have to go over to talk to pine what

the phone's out of order

i'd rather do it in person

you're making a special request

you're going to take the next abuse case

that comes in aren't you

you know they can't all hauler for help

the way joey did

i guess i'll just have to holler for him

adam

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you sure you can handle these cases

again

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no but i am sure the kids can't do it

alone

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late dinner works for me

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me too

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okay

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so

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you